Hti I —Till ROSLILA SiONL
Ihis inscription, which came to light dunng Napoleon's campaign m Egypt,
made it possible to dcuphet the ancient picture writing (top third) oi the
bgypuan priesthood The Gieek translation is at the bottom The middle
pan is the equivalent in a later ioim (dcmotiC) oi Egyptian writing The
demotic was an ideogtaphtc scupt oi which the symbols had lost their pictorial
character (>ee pages 58-61)